There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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Borat, when supposedly speaking in Kazakh with his partner throughout the film, was actually speaking fluent Hebrew.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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